Oh friend, I love you.....by Kabir

Oh friend, I love you, 
think this over carefully! 

If you are in love,
then why are you asleep? 

If you have found him,
give yourself to him, take him.

Why do you lose track of him
again and again?

If you are about to fall into heavy sleep anyway,
why waste time smoothing the bed
and arranging the pillows?

Kabir will tell you the truth:
this is what love is like:

suppose you had to cut your head off
and give it to someone else,
what difference would that make?

~ Kabir
Kabir: Ecstatic Poems
Trans by Robert Bly